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Ben Marcus Quotes

Perhaps they didn’t know they were at sea. Was there a certain percentage of people at sea who lacked the knowledge that they were at sea? Picture Quote #1

Being with him was like being alone underwater - everything was slow; nothing counted; I could not be harmed; I would feel dry and cold when I resurfaced Picture Quote #1

In certain strains of Judaism, there’s a profound passion for the ineffable. Contemplation of God is meant to be forever elusive, because, you know, our tiny minds can’t possibly comprehend Him. If we find ourselves comprehending Him, then we can be sure we’re off track Picture Quote #1

I work a lot in the summers. My family goes to Maine, where we have a little house. My wife’s a writer, too, and we can write for six hours a day and then play with the kids Picture Quote #1

Without sound, celebration and grief look nearly the same Picture Quote #1

I love the way dates in a text make us think that truth will follow Picture Quote #1

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My parents showed me by example that they could balance their work and family lives Picture Quote #1

My goal, with whatever I’m working on, is to lose track of time Picture Quote #1

It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There’s so much power and often very little accountability Picture Quote #1

The common, the quotidian, is so much more unyielding to me, really stubborn and hard to work with, and I like this because it makes me think and it makes me worry. I can’t just plunge my hand into the meat of it. I need new approaches Picture Quote #1

Mostly we’re motivated to control ourselves in public. Mostly. At home the motivation is much less clear. At home there’s a bit of a lab for bad behavior. You can test things out without terrible consequences. Or maybe the consequences are there, but they are deferred, buried, much harder to detect Picture Quote #1

It’s lonely to listen to the pleasure of others, not that I’ve made a habit of that kind of eavesdropping. There’s joy and passion in the next room, in the next bed, but it’s not yours Picture Quote #1

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In some sense, prose fiction is just a way of unlocking a space. If I can unlock the space, it comes out and it’s vivid, I find that I care about it, and it’s part of me Picture Quote #1

I work, and then I leave the office, and I’m with my kids and just sort of enjoy them on a visceral level, and I don’t feel like I’m exorcising my own deep ideas about parenthood and about how my life will come into play in my work Picture Quote #1

Judaism to me, as badly as I practiced it, what I’ve always loved about it was its total embrace of complexity, its admission of unknowability Picture Quote #1

Spelling is a way to make words safe, at least for now, until another technology appears to soften attacks launched from the mouth Picture Quote #1

Fiction becomes a place where I face certain fears such as losing language or losing my children Picture Quote #1

Among other things, autoimmune disorders are an induction into a world of unstable information and no reliable expertise Picture Quote #1

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A self needed to spill out sometimes, a body should show evidence of what the hell went on inside it Picture Quote #1

Suspense left my life a long time ago, now it has returned. I do not care for it Picture Quote #1

Eventually you stop paying attention to your own feelings when there’s nothing to be done about them Picture Quote #1

Slamming the book shut produces a wind on the face, a weather that is copyrighted by the author, and this wind may not be deployed without permission, nor may the pages be turned without express written permission Picture Quote #1

To refrain from storytelling is perhaps one of the highest forms of respect we can pay. Those people, with no stories to circle them, can die without being misunderstood Picture Quote #1

People are considered as areas that resist light, mistakes in the air, collision sweet spots. At the time of this writing, the whole world is a crime scene: People eat space with their bodies; they are rain decayers; the wind is slaughtered when they move. A retaliation is probably coming. Should a person cease to move, she would cease to kill the sky, and the world might begin to recover Picture Quote #1

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A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is bound to fail Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps they didn’t know they were at sea. Was there a certain percentage of people at sea who lacked the knowledge that they were at sea? (Ben Marcus Quotes) Being with him was like being alone underwater - everything was slow; nothing counted; I could not be harmed; I would feel dry and cold when I resurfaced. (Ben Marcus Quotes) In certain strains of Judaism, there’s a profound passion for the ineffable. Contemplation of God is meant to be forever elusive, because, you know, our tiny minds can’t possibly comprehend Him. If we find ourselves comprehending Him, then we can be sure we’re off track (Ben Marcus Quotes) I work a lot in the summers. My family goes to Maine, where we have a little house. My wife’s a writer, too, and we can write for six hours a day and then play with the kids (Ben Marcus Quotes) Without sound, celebration and grief look nearly the same (Ben Marcus Quotes) I love the way dates in a text make us think that truth will follow (Ben Marcus Quotes) My parents showed me by example that they could balance their work and family lives (Ben Marcus Quotes) My goal, with whatever I’m working on, is to lose track of time (Ben Marcus Quotes) It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There’s so much power and often very little accountability (Ben Marcus Quotes) The common, the quotidian, is so much more unyielding to me, really stubborn and hard to work with, and I like this because it makes me think and it makes me worry. I can’t just plunge my hand into the meat of it. I need new approaches (Ben Marcus Quotes) Mostly we’re motivated to control ourselves in public. Mostly. At home the motivation is much less clear. At home there’s a bit of a lab for bad behavior. You can test things out without terrible consequences. Or maybe the consequences are there, but they are deferred, buried, much harder to detect (Ben Marcus Quotes) It’s lonely to listen to the pleasure of others, not that I’ve made a habit of that kind of eavesdropping. There’s joy and passion in the next room, in the next bed, but it’s not yours (Ben Marcus Quotes) In some sense, prose fiction is just a way of unlocking a space. If I can unlock the space, it comes out and it’s vivid, I find that I care about it, and it’s part of me (Ben Marcus Quotes) I work, and then I leave the office, and I’m with my kids and just sort of enjoy them on a visceral level, and I don’t feel like I’m exorcising my own deep ideas about parenthood and about how my life will come into play in my work (Ben Marcus Quotes) Judaism to me, as badly as I practiced it, what I’ve always loved about it was its total embrace of complexity, its admission of unknowability (Ben Marcus Quotes) Spelling is a way to make words safe, at least for now, until another technology appears to soften attacks launched from the mouth (Ben Marcus Quotes) Fiction becomes a place where I face certain fears such as losing language or losing my children (Ben Marcus Quotes) Among other things, autoimmune disorders are an induction into a world of unstable information and no reliable expertise (Ben Marcus Quotes) A self needed to spill out sometimes, a body should show evidence of what the hell went on inside it (Ben Marcus Quotes) Suspense left my life a long time ago, now it has returned. I do not care for it (Ben Marcus Quotes) Eventually you stop paying attention to your own feelings when there’s nothing to be done about them (Ben Marcus Quotes) Slamming the book shut produces a wind on the face, a weather that is copyrighted by the author, and this wind may not be deployed without permission, nor may the pages be turned without express written permission (Ben Marcus Quotes) To refrain from storytelling is perhaps one of the highest forms of respect we can pay. Those people, with no stories to circle them, can die without being misunderstood (Ben Marcus Quotes) People are considered as areas that resist light, mistakes in the air, collision sweet spots. At the time of this writing, the whole world is a crime scene: People eat space with their bodies; they are rain decayers; the wind is slaughtered when they move. A retaliation is probably coming. Should a person cease to move, she would cease to kill the sky, and the world might begin to recover (Ben Marcus Quotes) A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is bound to fail (Ben Marcus Quotes)